View full sizePennsylvania State Police say the sound of a garage door led to the arrest of a Kutztown man.Express-Times File Photo

The sound of his garage door opening early Sunday warned a Weisenberg Township man about the threat of a would-be burglar, Pennsylvania State Police report.

Joel Brian Schmoyer, of the 9700 block of Stagecoach Road, was awakened at 3:39 a.m. by the automatic garage door opening, police said. Schmoyer went outside and confronted Kutztown resident Brandon Lee Walbert, who'd used a remote control in the victim's vehicle to open the door, police said.

Schmoyer talked with Walbert until troopers arrived, police said. The 21-year-old suspect then ran away, but troopers caught up with him in a field adjacent to Schmoyer's home, police said.

Walbert is charged with attempted criminal trespass, possession of drug paraphernalia, theft from a motor vehicle and loitering and prowling at night and public drunkenness, court records say.

He was arraigned before District Judge Wayne Maura and sent to Lehigh County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled 10 a.m. Dec. 31.